More than just the first Gingerbread, it’s also arguably the most powerful smartphone on the carrier, with its 1GHz processor surpassing the Samsung Prevail’s 800MHz. It’s imagery capabilities are also a step-up from the Prevail; even though the Transform Ultra has a relatively low-res three-megapixel main camera, it beats the Prevail’s two-megapixel and adds in the presence of a VGA front-facer.

This is definitely a step in the right direction for Boost, but we’d love to see some even more options when it comes to modern smartphone hardware. The Transform Ultra is still mid-tier, any way you cut it; we don’t expect something like the Galaxy S II on a carrier like Boost anytime soon, but it would be nice to see some additional mid-tier phones arrive, at least to offer a variety of form-factors. For now, at least, you can score the Transform Ultra for about $230.